Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Jessica and Vinnie discuss a wide range of topics including returning to the Royals, having high expectations for the Royals in 2024, hosting a podcast, being Zack Greinke's teammate, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-2:00: Welcome Vinnie Pasquantino to Short and to the Point-2:31: Where does the IDGAF attitude come from?-3:53: Players opening up more-5:24: Spring training/rehabbing shoulder-6:03: Mentality when dealing with an injury-7:31: Royals being a playoff team in 2024-9:33: Bobby Witt Jr.-11:08: Salvador Pérez-12:09: What makes for a good clubhouse?-13:33: Added expectations and pressure for the 2024 Royals season-14:02: Takeaways from 2023-14:43: Maintaining motivation throughout a season-16:54: Possibility of being traded during wedding-18:03: Dealing with rumors-18:40: Hosting a podcast-21:13: Biggest surprise when hosting a podcast-22:38: Profile picture-26:13: Zack Greinke-27:43: Getting older-30:06: Being promoted to the Big Leagues-32:24: Do players care about being on prospect lists?-33:51: Being able to tell who can play before they do-35:59: Emotions of being promoted-38:19: Difficulties coming back from injury-38:37: Being a “stud” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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